Clinical Profile and Short-Term Outcome of Malaria in Febrile Under-Five Children in a Secondary Health Facility

Background: Malaria remains an essential tropical protozoal disease, affecting both young and old. It manifests in complicated uncomplicated forms with more grave consequences among Under-five children. Objective: To describe malaria's clinical profile short-term outcomes children a secondary health facility southwest Nigeria. Methods: This was hospital-based cross-sectional study. Five hundred under the age of five years who presented fever at were recruited into The manifestations documented, blood samples examined for malaria parasitaemia. Results: Forty-eight (9.6%) study subjects neonates, 195 (39%) infants, remaining 257 (51.4%) aged 12 months to 5 years. One two (39.1%) 261 positive malaria, while 159 (60.9%) this population had various complications. overall mortality from 5.0%. Conclusion: More than 60% infected complications mainly due late presentation. Therefore, preventive strategies should be part ongoing interventions.